Phil Smith with his latest monster Scottish Roach – a fish of exactly 3lb caught recently at Lochnaw Castle. Without doubt one of the UK’s most respected all-round specimen anglers, Phil has been catching specimen fish of all species consistently since the 1960’s! His latest week long trip to Scotland… Read more
Category: News
Ian Brooker Rakes in the Oxfordshire Tench!
Drennan’s Ian Brooker caught 4 fine Tench last weekend from an Oxfordshire pit after raking a swim. The best two fish weighed 7lb 11oz and 7lb 8oz and were caught using the Drennan In-Line flat Method Feeders in conjunction with artificial Buoyant Casters on a short Gravel Braid hooklength and… Read more
Drennan Heavy Oval Blockend Feeders for Tench!

Drennan 2.5oz Large Heavy Oval Blockend Feeder stuffed with flavoured red & bronze maggots for Tench! Spot the hookbait and also the passing Tadpole! The feeder is being fished on one of our Weedy Green Helicopter Leadcore Leaders, with artificial Bloodworm Red buoyant maggots critically balanced as bait on a… Read more
Peter’s 2lb Roach Marks Rod Test A Success!
Peter Drennan has been out testing the new 13ft Acolyte rod which weighs just 4¾oz, catching beautiful condition roach up to 2lb! Peter was fishing 4lb Supplex Reel line, 0.129 3lb Supplex hook-length to a size 16 Wide Gape Match hook using a 4g Loaded Glow Tip float at a range of almost 20m. The Drennan 13ft… Read more
Laurent Jauffret to Represent Drennan in South East France
Following a recent visit by Laurent Jauffret to the company’s head offices in Oxford, we are delighted to announce that Laurent has agreed to represent Drennan and ESP brands in the South East of France. Shown here with Peter Drennan, Laurent has long experience in the angling trade working with… Read more
Gord Burton’s Scottish Pike

The ‘Piking Pirate’ Gord Burton won a weekly Drennan award in last week’s Angling Times with this tremendous 34lb 14oz Pike. Gordy rates this fish as the highlight of his angling career, having put a lot of effort into targeting a vast Scottish Loch for the resident Pike over a period… Read more